Section 660.60  Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

 

a)         All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 – General Hunting and Trapping apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.

 

b)         Only one tree stand or ground blind is allowed per deer permit holder.  Tree stands and ground blinds must comply with restrictions listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510(c)(3) and (c)(12), and must be portable.  Tree stands and ground blinds must be removed at the end of each day with the exception that they may be left unattended from September 15-January 31 at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (1).  Any tree stand or ground blind left unattended overnight must be legibly marked with the owner's name, address, and telephone number, or site assigned identification number.

 

c)         To drive deer or participate in a deer drive on all Department-owned or -managed properties is prohibited.  A deer drive is defined as a deliberate action by one or more persons (whether armed or unarmed) whose intent is to cause deer to move within firearm range of one or more participating hunters.

 

d)         Check-in, check-out and reporting of harvest is required at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (2). Sites that require use of windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10 are followed by a (7).

 

e)         Disabled preferred hunting opportunities are provided at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (3).

 

f)         Only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least four points on one side may be harvested at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (4).

 

g)         Only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least five points on one side may be harvested at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (5).

 

h)         Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites:

 

Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (1) (7)

 

Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (1) (7)

 

Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (7)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Campbell Pond State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area except subimpoundment areas (7)

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers managed lands (closed to firearm deer hunting in the Jim Hawn and East Spillway Areas)

 

Cave-In-Rock State Park – Kaegi Tract (1) (7)

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (1) (7)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (1) (7)

 

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1) (2)

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1) (7)

 

Dug Hill State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Cedar/Draper Bluff Hunting Area (1) (2)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (1) (2)

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (no in-line muzzleloading rifles or muzzleloaders with scopes allowed) (1) (2)

 

George S. Park Memorial Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Giant City State Park (1) (2)

 

Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area – Alexander County (all portions of the Public Hunting Area except the Controlled Hunting Area) (1) (2)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2, except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13) (Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area is closed during duck season)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (1) (7)

 

Mermet Lake State Conservation Area (1) (7)

 

Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural Area (Bureau County permit holders may hunt the Bureau County portion of the area and Putnam County permit holders may hunt the Putnam County portion of the area) (2)

 

Mississippi River Pool 16 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pool 17 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pool 18 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24 (1)

 

Mississippi State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area – Pools 25 and 26 (Batchtown, Crull Hollow and Godar Waterfowl Rest Areas are closed to hunting beginning 14 days before the regular duck season; areas reopen to hunting the day after duck season closes; it is unlawful to trespass upon the designated duck hunting areas between sunset of the Sunday immediately preceding opening day of regular duck season through the day before regular duck season as posted at the site; no deer hunting is allowed within 200 yards of an occupied duck blind; during duck season only, deer hunters may not access the designated duck hunting areas by launching a boat at certain specifically posted boat ramps; boat ramps reopen to deer hunters the day after duck season closes; hunting is allowed at Red's Landing and Riprap Landing walk-in areas from 12:00 p.m. to ½ hour after sunset during duck season, statewide hours during remainder of the season) (1)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area 

 

Pere Marquette State Park (hunting in designated area only) (1) (7)

 

Pyramid State Park − Captain, Denmark, East Conant, Galum and Park Units (4) (7)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – Dutch Creek Unit (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Corps of Engineers' managed areas of Rend Lake

 

Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (7)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1) (7)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1) (7)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas designated as Waterfowl Rest Areas are closed to all access during the Canada Goose Season only) (1) (7)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1) (2)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Firing Line Unit only) (1) (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (7)

 

Weinberg-King State Park − Scripps Unit (7)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Spunky Bottoms Unit (7)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1) (7)

 

Wise Ridge State Natural Area (1)

 

i)          Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites by special permit allocated through the regular statewide drawing.  Season dates that differ from the statewide dates are in parentheses.  Sites that offer standby hunting are followed by a (6).  At sites offering standby hunting, permit holders must register at the check station by 5:00 a.m. each day of the hunt.  Unvalidated permits are void after 5:00 a.m.  Vacancies each day may be filled by a drawing held at 5:00 a.m.  Vacancies may be filled by any person holding a valid hunting license, Habitat Stamp, and Firearm Owner Identification Card, if required.  Standby hunters will be issued a one-day site-specific deer permit at the check station, and charged a permit fee of $5.  All hunters must check out and report harvest.  In the event that Department budget reductions or site staffing reductions make the operation of check stations or issuance of standby permits impractical, changes to check station procedures and standby permit issuance will be publicly announced and posted at the site.  If standby drawing or check station procedures are modified, then modifications will be posted at the site and 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(d)(3) shall apply.

 

Apple River Canyon State Park – Thompson and Salem Units (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (1) (6) (7)

 

Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Carlyle State Fish and Wildlife Area – East Fork Unit in Clinton County

 

Castle Rock State Park (closed during second firearm season) (6) (7)

 

Cedar Glen State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (North Fork Management Unit, north of the county road at the North Fork boat ramp) (7)

 

Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Fort Massac State Park (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area/Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (2) (6)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park – Madison County (closed during second firearm deer season; antlerless only) (1)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Open Unit (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Jubilee College State Park (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (2) (6)

 

Kickapoo State Recreation Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Lake Shelbyville Project Lands in Moultrie County (closed during the second firearm deer season; antlerless only; for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer hunting policy) (1)

 

Lake Shelbyville Project Lands in Shelby County (closed during the second firearm deer season; antlerless only; for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer hunting policy) (1)

 

Lake Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during the second firearm deer season; antlerless-only; must have valid permit for Lake Shelbyville Project Lands – Moultrie County) (7)

 

Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (all tree stands must be removed from this area no later than sunset of the last day of archery deer season; unauthorized personnel may not be on the site outside of the posted check station operating hours; hunters may enter the site only from designated parking lots) (1) (2) (6)

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Sahara Woods State Recreation Area (1) (7)

 

Sangchris Lake State Park (closed during the second firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

Sangamon County State Conservation Area (closed during second firearm deer season) (1)

 

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (Ash Swale Waterfowl Rest Area will be closed to deer hunting during the waterfowl hunting seasons) (1) (7)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (closed during second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (resident-only; closed during second firearm season) (4) (7)

 

Spoon River State Forest (closed during second firearm deer season) (1) (7)

 

Starved Rock State Park (closed during the second firearm deer season; permit includes Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park, Margery C. Carlson State Natural Area, Mitchell's Grove State Natural Area and Sandy Ford State Natural Area; hunt is open in Zone A; all initial permits will be issued as antlerless only; hunters must take an antlerless deer on the site during the current year firearm or muzzleloader season before they will be issued an either-sex standby permit; hunters must check antlerless deer with site staff for verification to participate in the bonus buck program; standby hunters may purchase up to 2 one-day site-specific antlerless-only permits each day) (2) (6)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Wards Grove State Nature Preserve (closed during the second firearm deer season; antlerless deer only) (7)

 

Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (closed during the second firearm deer season) (7)

 

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 3987, effective March 1, 2024)